A former aide to former Legislative Speaker You Si-kun is facing charges of leaking classified information to China over the past six years. He has been released on bail.
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00:00A former aide to ex-legislative speaker You Xi Kun has been released on bail after facing
00:06accusations of spying for China.
00:09Prosecutors say the man, surnamed Sheng, allegedly leaked classified legislative information
00:15to Beijing over the past six years while working as an assistant to several Democratic Progressive
00:21Party lawmakers.
00:23Sheng is believed to have been recruited by China while studying there.
00:27The case comes just a few weeks after President Lai Ching-de vowed harsher measures against
00:32Chinese infiltration in Taiwan.
00:34The presidential office has declined to comment on individual cases.